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Cheap seats are a hit

July 12, 2012 2:34 PM By LINDA WINER linda.winer@newsday.com

Host Neil Patrick Harris performs with the cast

Photo credit: AP | Host Neil Patrick Harris performs with the cast of "The Book of Mormon" at the 66th Annual Tony Awards in Manhattan. (June 10, 2012)

Linda Winer

Newsday theater critic and arts columnist Linda Winer. Linda Winer

Winer is chief theater critic and arts columnist for Newsday,

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Sticker shock is nothing new for theatergoers.

If you can get one, a seat for "The Book of Mormon" tops off this week at $175, though the best and middle-best locations are sold as so-called premium seats. And, if you can get one of those, prepare to pay up to $477. For the final week of "Death of a Salesman," people reportedly counted themselves among the lucky for the privilege of paying...

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